There are a variety of emerging products and underlying technology being designed to provide every student with routine computer access and connectivity. The following article discusses a replacement for the chalk slate board that used to be a mainstay in education throughout the world, and is still widely used.

Ruth, David; Boyd, Jade; and Meng, Wang Meng (10/3/2011). Low-cost electronic tablet proves worth in Indian classroom. Rice University Media and New Relations.  Retrieved 10/5/2011 from http://www.media.rice.edu/media/NewsBot.asp?MODE=VIEW&ID=16258&SnID=1142525090.

The document includes a 3-minute video. I recommend that you view the video. The new product is a good indicator of things to come. Just as long ago children routinely used a small slate and chalk in place of paper and pencil, we are moving toward all students having a computer equivalent (of such an aid to learning. As indicated in the following quoted paragraph, it appears that initial uses will be for computer-assisted learning.

Quoting from the document:

The U.S.- and Singapore-based creators of the low-cost I-slate electronic tablet are preparing for full-scale production now that a yearlong series of tests has shown that the device is an effective learning tool for Indian children.

The I-slate, an electronic version of the hand-held blackboard slates used by millions of Indian children, will eventually be solar-powered for use in classrooms that lack electricity. It is being developed by researchers at the Institute for Sustainable and Applied Infodynamics (ISAID), a joint program of Rice University in Houston and Nanyang Technological University (NTU) in Singapore. When mass-produced, the solar-powered I-slate is expected to cost less than $50 (64 Singapore dollars).

 In March, the researchers examined whether the I-slate helped students' improve in mathematics. Students use a stylus to tap and write out mathematics problems on the I-slate. They get immediate feedback about correct and incorrect answers. When answers are incorrect, the machine gives hints and tips about how to correct mistakes.

 That, of course, is a long way from integrating the problem-solving capabilities and connectivity of computers into the everyday curriculum. Compare this product with the product developed by Negroponte and his group. See http://iae-pedia.org/Nicholas_Negroponte.